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Wakel River Basin Project ~ Taankas - underground storage systems collect surface water from roofs Johed - small earth dams capture rainwater Pats - irrigation channels transfer water using bund dams Education used to increase awareness of the need to conserve water Lancashire LEP ~ Loc...

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Megacities


✓~ Slow-growing - Tokyo, HICs, no squatter settlements

Growing - Beijing, NEEs, under 20% squatter settlements

Rapid-growing - Jakarta, HICs and NEEs, over 20% squatter settlements




Rio Areas


✓~ North Zone - industry, squatter settlements

Centro - history, financial centre


West Zone - wealthy, Olympic Stadium


South Zone - luxury hotels, Rochina favela




Rio Importance


✓~ Cultural capital of Brazil

UNESCO World Heritage Site


Host 2016 Olympics and 2014 World Cup

,Major port - exports coffee, iron ore, sugar




Rio Challenges


✓~ Healthcare - Uneven healthcare, life expectancy 80 in South, 45 in

West

Education - Half children continue beyond age 14, shortage of schools, teachers

and money


Water Supply - 12% have no running water, 37% lost through leaks/illegal

access


Energy - frequent power cuts/blackouts, illegal tapping




Rio Solutions


✓~ Healthcare - Medical staff detect and treat 20 different illnesses in

peoples homes

Education - Authorities given school grants to poor families and opened a

private university


Water Supply - 300km new pipes and 7 new treatment plants


60km new power lines installed

, Rio Economic Development


✓~ Rio provides 6% of Brazil's employment

Industrial areas have boosted economy


Employment in - service, port, oil refining, tourism, manufacturing




Rio Challenges Economic Development


✓~ Unemployment rates in favelas over 20%, most work in informal

economy and crime

Crime rates high, powerful gangs control favelas




Rio Solutions Economic Development


✓~ Schools of Tomorrow programme

Pacifying Police Units (UPPs)




Rio Pollution


✓~ Air - causes around 5000 deaths (smog), landscape limits amount of

roads, no. of cars grown, high crime rates os people prefer to drive

Water - Guanabara Bay highly polluted, rivers polluted by open sewers (favelas),

oil spill from Petrobras

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